The Gateway and West Gateway, Central Archway, Flanking Walls and Piers is a Grade II listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1984. Gateway. 2 related planning applications.
The Gateway and West Gateway, Central Archway, Flanking Walls and Piers
- WRENN ID
- standing-chancel-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Somerset
- Constituency
- North Somerset MP: Sadik Al-Hassan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1984
- Type
- Gateway
- Address
- The Gateway and West Gateway, Central Archway, Flanking Walls and Piers, Abbots Leigh Road, BS8 3QB
- OS grid reference
- ST 550 732
- Coordinates
- 51.45677, -2.649
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gateway and West Gateway, including the central archway, flanking walls, and piers, were built in 1814 by Thomas Hopper. This structure is made of ashlar with concealed roofs and is designed in a severe Greek Revival style. The central archway features a tall, semi-circular head with a moulded surround and imposts. It is supported by four detached, unfluted Ionic columns on plinths, which hold up a plain, straight entablature, cornice, and blocking course. The walls have plain pilasters, and the arch has a coffered soffit.
On either side of the archway are single-storey lodges known as The Gateway and West Gateway, each with three bays, where the outer two are slightly set back. These lodges have plain angle pilasters, pilaster strips, and a plain cornice. They feature ashlar stacks with moulded caps, glazing bar sash windows, and panelled doors set in semi-circular headed openings in the jambs of the arch. Low, quadrant walls of ashlar extend from each lodge for about 8 yards, ending in square ashlar piers with moulded caps. Originally, this archway and the lodges served as the entrance to Leigh Court, which is now Leigh Court Hospital.
Local climate
The Gateway and West Gateway, Central Archway, Flanking Walls and Piers receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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